top 50% hacker news stories for 2010-11-14

Budget Puzzle: You Fix the US Budget

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/11/13/weekinreview/deficits-graphic.html

16 years ago

190 upvotes – 135 comments

According to the IRS you are a private contractor employed by Google

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php

16 years ago

174 upvotes – 116 comments

The curse of being a gifted child

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/family-and-relationships/the-curse-of-giftedness/article1797492/singlepage/#articlecontent

16 years ago

107 upvotes – 46 comments

Nice cheat sheet collection

http://devcheatsheet.com/

16 years ago

106 upvotes – 15 comments

TSA Agent about to scan pilot's daughter: "Heads up, got a cutie for you."

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/travel-safety-security/1147497-tso-saying-heads-up-got-cutie-you.html

16 years ago

105 upvotes – 29 comments

Peter Martin: Google does something really good.

http://www.petermartin.com.au/2010/11/google-does-something-really-good.html

16 years ago

103 upvotes – 28 comments

Minecraft sales cross 600k mark

http://www.minecraft.net/stats.jsp

16 years ago

99 upvotes – 40 comments

Should We Do Y Combinator? We're further along than most

http://whoabubs.com/should-we-do-ycombinator-were-further-along-t

16 years ago

98 upvotes – 40 comments

Students Read Hacker Monthly For Free

http://hackermonthly.posterous.com/students-read-hacker-monthly-for-free

16 years ago

91 upvotes – 36 comments

Ask HN: is the pushdown of TSA backscatter stories algorithmic or manual?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1904363

16 years ago

87 upvotes – 17 comments

HTML5 3D demos

http://mrdoob.com/

16 years ago

87 upvotes – 19 comments

Why the U.S. needs a new visa for foreigners who want to start businesses here.

http://www.slate.com/id/2274287/

16 years ago

79 upvotes – 18 comments

4chan Users Try to DDoS Tumblr, Tumblrs Raid 4chan in Revenge

http://www.urlesque.com/2010/11/12/4chan-ddos-tumblr-raid/

16 years ago

73 upvotes – 33 comments

When The Speed Of Light Is Too Slow: Trading at the Edge

http://www.kurzweilai.net/when-the-speed-of-light-is-too-slow

16 years ago

69 upvotes – 66 comments

How to Say Nothing in 500 Words

http://www.apostate.com/how-say-nothing-500-words

16 years ago

69 upvotes – 30 comments

Ask HN: What do geeks in Palo Alto do on weekend nights?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1903963

16 years ago

65 upvotes – 54 comments

The irony of the US economy: no jobs and no one to hire

http://randfishkin.com/blog/28/the-irony-of-the-us-economy-in-2010-no-jobs-no-one-to-hire

16 years ago

63 upvotes – 92 comments

Ask PG: How much did the lunch with you sell for?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1902752

16 years ago

63 upvotes – 21 comments

An exceptional object in our cosmic neighborhood discovered

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010/nov/HQ_M10-157_Chandra_Update.html

16 years ago

63 upvotes – 29 comments

Twitter Goes JSON-Only With One API

http://blog.programmableweb.com/2010/11/10/twitter-goes-json-only-with-one-api-more-to-come/

16 years ago

62 upvotes – 46 comments

Who rules America

http://sociology.ucsc.edu/whorulesamerica/power/wealth.html

16 years ago

59 upvotes – 29 comments

Letting your mind wander is a major cause of unhappiness

http://io9.com/5687282/

16 years ago

56 upvotes – 22 comments

In June the U.S. House passed bill to ban full-body scanners as primary method

http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h2200/show

16 years ago

56 upvotes – 10 comments

The Price 20-Somethings Pay to Live in the City

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/14/realestate/14cov.html

16 years ago

51 upvotes – 50 comments

The Ins and Outs of Clojure: Part One

http://copperthoughts.com/p/clojure-io-p1/

16 years ago

50 upvotes – 0 comments

Anything is Possible (in a Startup)

http://www.thisisgoingtobebig.com/blog/2010/11/11/anything-is-possible-in-a-startup.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+thisisgoingtobebig+%28%3A%3AThis+is+going+to+be+BIG%3A%3A%29&utm_content=Twitter

16 years ago

49 upvotes – 6 comments

Creators Admit Unix, C Hoax

http://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/unix-hoax.html

16 years ago

49 upvotes – 7 comments

Ask HN: Good Reading/Immersion in Mathematics

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1903216

16 years ago

48 upvotes – 31 comments

Ask HN: Modern approach to web application development with Common Lisp

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1903326

16 years ago

44 upvotes – 25 comments

AWS Compute Cluster #231 on Top 500

http://perspectives.mvdirona.com/2010/11/14/AWSComputeCluster231OnTop500.aspx

16 years ago

44 upvotes – 19 comments

Ask HN: Mobile dev - Bypass apps and go straight to HTML5?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1903074

16 years ago

42 upvotes – 54 comments

Optimize your website for iPhone in 10 minutes.

http://sahillavingia.com/blog/2010/11/13/optimize-a-website-for-iphone-in-10-minutes/

16 years ago

41 upvotes – 13 comments

Ask HN: Your tips/hacks for great academic writing

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1903415

16 years ago

41 upvotes – 23 comments

Ask HN: What do you love about your office?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1903995

16 years ago

40 upvotes – 44 comments

Hierarchical File Systems are Dead

http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~margo/papers/hotos09/

16 years ago

37 upvotes – 54 comments

Submit your startup. Get Featured. Get Feedback.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1903337

16 years ago

37 upvotes – 12 comments

TSA Opt-Out Day, Now with a Superfantastic New Twist

http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2010/11/tsa-opt-out-day-now-with-a-superfantastic-new-twist/66545/

16 years ago

37 upvotes – 2 comments

Ask HN: Where can I find free/cheap financial data?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1902628

16 years ago

37 upvotes – 10 comments

Github outage official status updates

http://status.github.com

16 years ago

36 upvotes – 9 comments

'Naked Scanners': Lobbyists Join the War on Terror

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/_Naked-scanners__-Lobbyists-join-the-war-on-terror-1540901-107548388.html

16 years ago

34 upvotes – 7 comments
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